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5.4.1 5.4.1 5.4.1 5.4.1 5.4.1 Installing hard disks Installing hard disks Installing hard disks Installing hard disks Installing hard disks
The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. For optimal
performance, install identical drives of the same model and capacity when
creating a disk array.
Installing Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks Installing Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks Installing Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks Installing Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks Installing Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks
To install the SATA hard disks for a RAID configuration:
1. Install the SATA hard disks into the drive bays.
2. Connect the SATA signal cables.
3. Connect a SATA power cable to the power connector on each drive.
If you use either Windows ® XP or Windows ® 2000 operating system
(OS), copy first the RAID driver from the support CD to a floppy disk
before creating RAID configurations. Refer to section “5.5 Creating a
RAID driver disk” for details.
• If you are creating a R A I D 0 ( s t r i p i n g ) R A I D 0 ( s t r i p i n g ) R A I D 0 ( s t r i p i n g ) R A I D 0 ( s t r i p i n g ) R A I D 0 ( s t r i p i n g ) array for performance,
use two new drives.
• If you are creating a R A I D 1 ( m i r r o r i n g ) R A I D 1 ( m i r r o r i n g ) R A I D 1 ( m i r r o r i n g ) R A I D 1 ( m i r r o r i n g ) R A I D 1 ( m i r r o r i n g ) array for protection,
you can use two new drives or use an existing drive and a new drive
(the new drive must be of the same size or larger than the existing
drive).
• If you are creating a R A I D 0 + 1 R A I D 0 + 1 R A I D 0 + 1 R A I D 0 + 1 R A I D 0 + 1 array for protection, you can use
four new drives or use an existing drive and three new drives.
• If you are creating a R A I D 1 0 R A I D 1 0 R A I D 1 0 R A I D 1 0 R A I D 1 0 array for very high reliability
combined with high performance, a minimum of four disk drives is
required.
• If you are creating a R A I D 5 R A I D 5 R A I D 5 R A I D 5 R A I D 5 configuration, use a minimum of three
disk drives; the maximum number of drives is set by controller. Use
of disk drives with identical size and type is recommended.